Cash-carrier.



No. 697,347. Patented Apr. 8, I902.

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CASH CARRIER.

(Application filed Dec, 24, 1901.) (No Model.)' v 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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N0. 697,347. Patented Apr. 8, I902.

. D. LIPPY.

CASH CARRIER. (Application fi led Dec. 24, 1901.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

v UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID'LIPPY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, .ASSIGNOR TO THE lVIANSFIELD CASH AND PACKAGE CARRIER 00., OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

CASH-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,347, dated April 8, 1902. Application filed December 24,1901. Serial No. 87,071. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAVID LIPPY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the countyof Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car stops and retainers for store-service apparatus and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a means forstopping and retaining a car and holding the same in a vertical position; second, to construct the retainer to be released from the car without causing any strain upon the propelling-wire; third, to make a cheap, durable, and efficient means for the purposes stated.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the outstation of a double-wire grade-line cash-carrier, showing my improved stop and retainer in position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the home station, having a pivoted lever for spreading the wires and showing also the stop and retainer attached to the same; and Fig. 3 is a side view, on an enlarged scale, of the home- 'station mechanism with the stop and retainer.

Fig. 4 is a top view showing more fully the construction of the stop and retainer.

In the drawings, A indicates the outstation of a double-wire cash-carrier line of the class knownas upward-spread apparatus. The upper wire is secured'to a foot forming a part of the hollow case 13, provided with rollers G and adapted to slide upon an inclined rod D.

E indicates a bifurcated clip which answers three purposesfirst, to form a hinged connection with the horizontal bar forming the foot F of the outstation to allow the trackwire G to be placed at any angle required; second, to form a clip to which is secured the track-wire; third, to form a guide and bearing for the spring bumper-bar H. The said bar is provided upon its outer end with the rubber bumper I and nut J, and the inner end with the hollow sleeve K' and rubber bumper L. A coil-spring M surrounds the rod H and has a bearing between the block or clip E and the sleeve K, forming a springcushion for the car N.

0 indicates the car-retainer, which is composed of one piece of wire bent upon itself to formtwo parallel bars P and P, which are surrounded by the cushioning-springs P", two radiating bars Q and Q, two vertical bars R and R, and one horizontal bar S. The bar S is provided with a latch T, which is composed of a fiat plate hinged loosely upon the horizontal bar. The lower end is provided with the vertical flange U. The loose end of the latch when in normal position rests upon the two parallel bars P and P. The latch may be constructed of metal and the inner face of the vertical flange U covered with leather, or heavy leather may be used for its construction.

V and V indicate wire stops secured to or forming part of the latch. Their function is to prevent the latch from rising any higher than a given point to allow the upwardly-projecting pin W to pass under the latch when the car enters the station. This description is fully illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3.

The retainer can be secured in suitable bearings in the sliding case B or the end of the pivoted lever X, which is used at the home station, as shown in Fig.2.

It will be readily seen that when a car enters the end of the retainer the pin W comes in contact with the inclined face of the latch T, raising the same, the car striking the rubber bumper L, compressing the spring M, which checksthe velocity of the car, and before the car can rebound by the action of the spring the latch falls into its normal position, as shown in Fig. l. A downward pull upon the handle Y or lever Z raises the retainer off the pin W, allowing the car to be propelled up or down the grade.

I claim 1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of the hangers or brackets, the upper spring-buffers, the lower track-wires, and the foot, of the bifurcated clip hinged to said foot and holding one end of the lower track-wire, a spring buffer-bar guided in said clip, the inclined rod, the case mountedto slide thereon, and to rest normally on said clip, and the upper track-Wire secured to said case, substantially as described.

2. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of the hangers or brackets, the upper spring-buffers, the lower track-wires, and the foot, of the bifurcated clip hinged to said foot and holding one end of the lower trackwire,a spring buffer-bar guided in said clip, the inclined rod, the case mounted to slide thereon and to rest normally on said case, the upper track-wire secured to said case, and a carretaincr, a latch thereon, and cushioningsprings, all substantially as shown and described.

3. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of the hangers 0r brackets, the upper spring-butters, the lower track-wires and the foot, of the bifurcated clip hinged to said foot and holding one end of thelower track-wire, a

spring buffer-bar guided in said clip, the in- 15' clined rod, the case mounted to slide thereon and to rest normally on said clip, the upper track-wire secured to said case,a car-retainer, a latch thereon, cushioning-springs, and stops carried by said latch, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID LIPPY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. BENEDICT, LEWIS MCCRAY. 

